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	<div id="winchm_template_content"><div id="mainSection"><p><p>The Kill tool, kill.exe, terminates one or more processes and all of their threads. This tool works only on processes running on the local computer.</p>
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<h2><a id="Where_to_get_Kill_Tool"></a><a id="where_to_get_kill_tool"></a><a id="WHERE_TO_GET_KILL_TOOL"></a>Where to get Kill Tool</h2>
<p>Kill.exe is included in <a href="#Bookmark0">Debugging Tools for Windows</a>.</p>
<h2><a id="Kill_Tool_command-line_options"></a><a id="kill_tool_command-line_options"></a><a id="KILL_TOOL_COMMAND-LINE_OPTIONS"></a>Kill Tool command-line options</h2>
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<pre class="syntax"><b>kill [/f] { </b><i>PID</i><b> | </b><i>Pattern</i><b>* }</b></pre>
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<h3><a id="ddk_kill_tool_commands_dtools"></a><a id="DDK_KILL_TOOL_COMMANDS_DTOOLS"></a>Parameters</h3>
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<dt><a id="________f______"></a><a id="________F______"></a>       <b>/f</b>      </dt>
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<p>Forces the termination of the process without prompting the user for confirmation. This option is required to terminate a protected process, such as a system service.</p>
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<dt><a id="_______PID______"></a><a id="_______pid______"></a>       <i>PID</i>      </dt>
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<p>Specifies the process identifier (PID) of the task to be terminated.</p>
<p>To find the PID for a task, use TaskList in Microsoft Windows XP and later or <a href="#Bookmark132">TList</a> in Windows 2000.</p>
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<dt><a id="_______Pattern_"></a><a id="_______pattern_"></a><a id="_______PATTERN_"></a>       <i>Pattern</i><b>*</b></dt>
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<p>Specifies all or part of the name of a task or window. The Kill tool terminates all processes whose process names or window names match the pattern. The asterisk is required.</p>
<p>Before using a pattern that might match many process or window names unintentionally, use the <b>tlist </b><i>pattern</i> command to test the pattern. See <a href="#Bookmark132">TList</a> for details.</p>
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<h2><a id="Examples"></a><a id="examples"></a><a id="EXAMPLES"></a>Examples</h2>
<p>The following command terminates processes whose names begin with "myapp."</p>
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<p>The following command terminates the process whose process ID (PID) is 2520:</p>
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<p>The following command terminates processes whose names begin with "my*." It does not prompt for confirmation. This command succeeds even when this process is a system service:</p>
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<h2><a id="related_topics"></a>Related topics</h2>
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<dt><a href="#Bookmark33">Tools Included in Debugging Tools for Windows</a></dt></dl></div></div>	
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